Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Walking

San Mateo Bike/Ped Projects Compete for Paltry Funding

By Andrew Boone | Mar 18, 2014 | 3 Comments

Of the 23 biking and walking projects with a hat in the ring for funding from the San Mateo County Transportation Authority’s (TA) Pedestrian and Bicycle Program, only ten can be funded with the $5.7 million that’s available. And that’s the largest funding source for bike/ped projects in the 20-city county. Meanwhile, unnecessary highway expansions are on track to […]

Foster City Abandons Plan to Close Crosswalk Where Girl Was Injured

By Andrew Boone | Mar 11, 2014 | 5 Comments

Many Foster City residents were shocked last month when their City Council responded to the injury of a 17-year-old girl by closing off the crosswalk at Edgewater Boulevard at Port Royal Avenue, where she was struck by a driver. Hundreds of residents petitioned the council to take other steps instead of installing “No Ped Crossing” signs and physical […]

How to Measure the Economic Effect of Livable Streets

By Stephen Miller | Dec 20, 2013 | No Comments

When a street redesign to prioritize walking, biking, or transit is introduced, the headlines are predictable: A handful of business owners scream bloody murder. Anecdotes from grumpy merchants tend to dominate the news coverage, but what’s the real economic impact of projects like Select Bus Service, pedestrian plazas, road diets and protected bike lanes? How […]

New Options Arise for Greener, Calmer Streets on the Wiggle

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 26, 2013 | 18 Comments

Plans to create calmer, greener streets on the Wiggle came into clearer focus Tuesday after the SFMTA presented more refined proposals for raised crosswalks and intersections, bulb-outs with greenery, traffic circles, traffic diverters, and other safety improvements. The proposed treatments [PDF] are aimed at improving stormwater drainage while also calming motor and bicycle traffic. One […]

In Case SFPD Doesn’t Ask for Crash Footage, New Website Can Help Find It

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 26, 2013 | 8 Comments

A new online platform called CommunityCam provides a crowdsourced map of surveillance cameras on the streets that could help investigators and the public find video footage that may prove useful after a traffic crash. As we saw last week, San Franciscans can’t rely on the SFPD to do their jobs when a pedestrian or bicyclist […]

How Will SF Fund the Sustainable Transport System a Growing City Needs?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 23, 2013 | 92 Comments

Within a few decades, San Francisco’s streets will be even more clogged with cars, more dangerous for walking and biking, and Muni will burst at the seams as more people try to get around. That’s the future city officials warned about at a hearing yesterday, painting a grim picture of traffic-choked streets if nothing is […]

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